Talk:Protocol (computer)

Article Checklist for "Protocol (computer)"

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will a list of more protocols be described here?, TPX/PX, UDP/ICMP etc??? Robert Tito | Talk 17:09, 20 February 2007 (CST)

Ideally I think we need a list of protocols, possibly divided by purpose or something, as well as a brief description. This will largely be about aggregating protocols and defining them. -- ZachPruckowski (Talk) 17:12, 20 February 2007 (CST)

I think if we seperated the protocols into different articles but had them all under the Computer Protocol category, then it might work out. We could define the protocols based on something like: Connection Oriented and Connectionless such as certain routing protocols and TFTP. --Paul Derry 17:19, 20 February 2007 (CST)

I definately agree with the Communications Protocol Category.--Nick Johnson 13:29, 22 February 2007 (CST)

I expanded the article a bunch, emphasizing the OSI model.--Nick Johnson 13:29, 22 February 2007 (CST)

Protocol List

I know there has been some talk about not using categories or lists, but I think we ought to have one for the protocols since they cover such a broad field of use. --Paul Derry 11:07, 24 February 2007 (CST)

making separate articles for every protocol will leave us with a bunch of 2 line articles, as if we are waiting for that. Robert Tito | Talk 11:09, 24 February 2007 (CST)

What if we clustered related protocols such as TFTP, SFTP and FTP, they still all have the same function, the protocols are just slightly different. The article might be entitled FTP and have the different variants of it. The same could be said of one for RIP, RIPv1 and RIPv2 would go into the same page. It's not a certainty, but it would help limit one-liner protocol pages. Especially if we cluster them well.

--Paul Derry 15:26, 24 February 2007 (CST)